>Okay, Apple’s new iPad is a slick and sexy piece of hardware. What commuter wouldn’t want to look all Minority Report swishing their fingers across
Category: Technique
>Catching lightning
>When I started this blog, I told myself I’d keep it positive. No whining. And I intend to keep it that way, but I’ve realised
>The weight of the word
>I make the occasional visit to local primary schools to talk about creative writing and my experiences in the publishing industry. Halfway through telling the
>Rip it up
>Deleting stuff on a word processor is highly unsatisfactory experience. You push a key and it’s gone. Where’s the passion? Where’s the anger? How can
>W = 100c – T …
>… where W is word count, T is temperature and c is a constant the value of which I haven’t quite worked out yet. My
>Four chapters and counting
>As techniques go it’s a simple one. A no-brainer, you might say. Which makes it perfect for a disorganised clod like me. I’m talking about
